tinderbox

  1. Noun.  A small container containing flint, steel, and tinder (dry, finely-divided fibrous matter), once used to help kindle a fire.
  2. Noun.  (context, by extension) a place that is so dry and hot that there is danger of fire.
  3. Noun.  (context, by extension) a potentially dangerous situation.

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